Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1973

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (118 babies) and Michael for boys (119). Social Security records list 3,929 babies born in Wyoming in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1973

Names given at least 15 times in Wyoming that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Misty: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brandy: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carrie: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Tara: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dawn: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tonya: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Pamela: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Teresa: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Julie: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Andrea: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 19 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Clinton: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jared: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Justin: 54 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Travis: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Troy: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Ryan: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shane: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeremy: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	118	–	1
2	Michelle	49	↑1	3
3	Amy	40	↑1	2
4	Heather	37	↑1	8
5	Kimberly	37	↑1	4
6	Stephanie	32	↓4	9
7	Dawn	31	↑7	21
8	Julie	31	↑12	12
9	Angela	29	↓1	7
10	Rebecca	28	↓1	10
11	Melissa	27	↑6	6
12	Lisa	25	↓5	5
13	Tammy	25	↑12	15
14	Brandy	23	new	82
15	Misty	22	↑21	90
16	Tara	22	↑3	37
17	Carrie	20	↑24	46
18	Christina	20	↓5	16
19	Elizabeth	20	↑3	13
20	Tonya	20	↑6	36
21	Andrea	19	↑7	30
22	Wendy	18	↓7	29
23	Nicole	17	↓12	11
24	Pamela	16	new	47
25	Laura	15	↑10	19
26	Teresa	15	new	45
27	Tina	15	↓15	24
28	Heidi	14	↑3	65
29	Lori	14	↓13	28
30	Mary	14	↓7	14
31	Shannon	14	↓21	22
32	Tanya	14	↑13	50
33	Tracy	14	↓6	20
34	Jamie	13	new	>100
35	Karen	13	↑9	23
36	Sandra	13	new	39
37	Sarah	13	new	35
38	Stacy	13	↓14	32
39	Amanda	12	↑9	51
40	April	12	↓7	33
41	Crystal	12	new	48
42	Laurie	12	new	>100
43	Brandi	11	new	>100
44	Brenda	11	↓4	53
45	Christine	11	↓15	17
46	Danielle	11	new	49
47	Kristi	11	new	>100
48	Patricia	11	↓11	27
49	Stacey	11	↓31	41
50	Susan	11	↓29	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	119	–	1
2	Jason	109	↑3	3
3	Christopher	83	↑3	2
4	James	81	↑4	4
5	Robert	76	↓3	7
6	John	64	↑1	6
7	David	61	↓3	5
8	Brian	58	↓5	8
9	Justin	54	↑3	51
10	Matthew	49	–	10
11	William	48	↑9	9
12	Daniel	45	↓1	11
13	Ryan	40	↑12	30
14	Travis	40	↑8	53
15	Jeffrey	39	↑4	17
16	Chad	36	↑8	25
17	Steven	33	↓2	20
18	Thomas	33	↓1	19
19	Kevin	32	↑2	14
20	Paul	32	↑10	24
21	Eric	31	↓12	13
22	Scott	31	↓8	18
23	Richard	30	↓7	16
24	Jeremy	29	↑13	33
25	Mark	29	↓12	15
26	Charles	28	↑6	23
27	Aaron	26	↑1	34
28	Shawn	26	↓1	27
29	Patrick	25	↑2	37
30	Timothy	23	↑5	22
31	Kenneth	22	↑3	28
32	Troy	22	↓9	59
33	Anthony	21	↑14	21
34	Shane	21	↓16	54
35	Todd	21	↑9	35
36	Joshua	20	new	42
37	Andrew	19	↑2	29
38	Cody	19	↑8	>100
39	Joseph	19	↓13	12
40	Clinton	17	new	>100
41	Nathan	17	new	63
42	Bryan	16	↓6	43
43	Benjamin	15	new	55
44	Gary	15	↑1	44
45	Jared	15	new	>100
46	Sean	15	↓5	36
47	Stephen	15	↓5	32
48	Brandon	14	–	58
49	Gregory	14	new	26
50	Adam	13	new	45

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